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Four days after escaping the bomb blasts at the Brussels airport, life goes on for Kwame Vaugn, Brad Waldow and Mike McKinney. Elyce Kirchner reports. (Published Friday, March 25, 2016)

Four days after escaping the bomb blasts at the Brussels airport, life goes on for Kwame Vaugn, Brad Waldow and Mike McKinney.

The trio have returned from playing a professional basketball game in Italy.

"When we went to italy they had Belgium flags everywhere," Waldow said. "So kind of tough to escape it because it's something that's fresh on everybody's mind."

Waldow is a former St. Mary's College basketball star. Vaugn, an Oakland native, played played ball at Cal State Fullerton and McKinney played at Sacramento State. They are among five Americans playing pro basketball for the Port of Antwerp Giants.